Leviticus 21:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Priests must be holy for their God. They must show respect for God’s name. They offer the bread and special gifts to the Lord, so they must be holy.

Cross References

Leviticus 18:21

“You must not give any of your children through the fire to Molech. If you do this, you will show that you don’t respect the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 3:11

Then the priest will take that part to the altar to be burned up as food, a gift to the Lord.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are his chosen people, the King’s priests. You are a holy nation, people who belong to God. He chose you to tell about the wonderful things he has done. He brought you out of the darkness of sin into his wonderful light.

Ezekiel 44:7

You brought foreigners into my Temple who are not circumcised and have not given themselves to me. In this way you made my Temple unclean. You broke our agreement and did terrible things, and then you gave me the offerings of bread, the fat, and the blood. But this only made my Temple unclean.

Isaiah 52:11

So leave Babylon! Leave that place! Priests, you carry the things that belong to the Lord. So make yourselves pure. Don’t touch anything that is not pure.

Ezra 8:28

Then I said to the twelve priests: “You and these things are holy to the Lord. People gave this silver and gold to the Lord, the God of your ancestors.

Leviticus 21:8

A priest serves God in a special way. So you must treat him in a special way, because he carries holy things. He brings the holy bread to me, and I am holy. I am the Lord, and I make you holy.

Leviticus 19:12

You must not use my name to make false promises. If you do that, you will show that you don’t respect the name of your God. I am the Lord!

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “The Lord says, ‘The priests who come near me must respect me. I must be holy to them and to all the people.’” So Aaron did not say anything about his sons dying.

Exodus 29:44

“So I will make the Meeting Tent and the altar holy. I will also make Aaron and his sons holy so that they can serve me as priests.

Exodus 28:36

“Make a strip of pure gold and carve these words into the gold like the writing on a seal: holy to the lord.

Exodus 19:22

Also tell the priests who come near the Lord that they must prepare themselves for this special meeting. If they don’t, I, the Lord, will punish them.”

Leviticus 21:17

“Tell Aaron: If any of your descendants have anything wrong with them, they must not carry the special bread to God.

Leviticus 21:21

“If one of Aaron’s descendants has something wrong with him, he cannot approach the altar to bring gifts to the Lord. And he cannot carry the special bread to God.

Leviticus 20:3

I will be against them and separate them from their people, because they gave their children to Molech. They showed that they did not respect my holy name. And they made my holy place unclean.

Leviticus 21:23

But he cannot go through the curtain into the Most Holy Place and he cannot go near the altar. This is because he has something wrong with him. He must not make my holy places unholy. I am the Lord, and I make these places holy.”

Numbers 16:5

Then Moses said to Korah and all his followers, “Tomorrow morning the Lord will show who belongs to him. He will show who is holy, and he will bring that man near to him. He will choose him and bring that man near to him.

Numbers 28:2

“Give this command to the Israelites. Tell them to be sure to give the grain offerings and sacrifices to me at the right time as sweet-smelling gifts.